Confronting the Challenges
of Participatory Culture:
Media Education for the
21st Century
I've cut and pasted some notes of importance from this Jenkins Article
There are three fundamental challenges of Participatory Culture -
The Participation Gap — the unequal access to the opportunities, experiences, skills, and knowledge that will prepare youth for full participation in the world of tomorrow. The Transparency Problem — The challenges young people face in learning to see clearly the ways that media shape perceptions of the world. The Ethics Challenge — The breakdown of traditional forms of professional training and socialization that might prepare young people for their increasingly public roles as media
makers and community participants.
The author argues that there is a set of "new skills" that young people are learning through exposure to and contact with numerous technological devices and programs -
Play — the capacity to experiment with one’s surroundings as a form of problem-solving Performance — the ability to adopt alternative identities for the purpose of improvisation and discovery Simulation — the ability to interpret and construct dynamic models of real-world processes Appropriation — the ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content Multitasking — the ability to scan one’s environment and shift focus as needed to salient details. Distributed Cognition — the ability to interact meaningfully with tools that expand mental capacities Collective Intelligence — the ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with others toward a common goal Judgment — the ability to evaluate the reliability and credibility of different information sources Transmedia Navigation — the ability to follow the flow of stories and information across multiple modalities Networking — the ability to search for, synthesize, and disseminate information Negotiation — the ability to travel across diverse communities, discerning and respecting multiple perspectives, and grasping and following alternative norms.
Jenkins concludes that the individual with the means to navigate the enormous variety of cultural choice and does so with a grasp of how to use technology and how it operates within many different frames will be afforded the greatest cultural opportunities. Those without that understanding of how technology works to open doors and to communicate ideas in a global frame will be left to consume the cultural fare of the media and entertainment conglomerates.
By:Hal
Theresa
Fouad
of Participatory Culture:
Media Education for the
21st Century
I've cut and pasted some notes of importance from this Jenkins Article
There are three fundamental challenges of Participatory Culture -
The Participation Gap — the unequal access to the opportunities, experiences, skills, and knowledge that will prepare youth for full participation in the world of tomorrow.
The Transparency Problem — The challenges young people face in learning to see clearly the ways that media shape perceptions of the world.
The Ethics Challenge — The breakdown of traditional forms of professional training and socialization that might prepare young people for their increasingly public roles as media
makers and community participants.
The author argues that there is a set of "new skills" that young people are learning through exposure to and contact with numerous technological devices and programs -
Play — the capacity to experiment with one’s surroundings as a form of problem-solving
Performance — the ability to adopt alternative identities for the purpose of improvisation and discovery
Simulation — the ability to interpret and construct dynamic models of real-world processes
Appropriation — the ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content
Multitasking — the ability to scan one’s environment and shift focus as needed to salient details.
Distributed Cognition — the ability to interact meaningfully with tools that expand mental capacities
Collective Intelligence — the ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with others toward a common goal
Judgment — the ability to evaluate the reliability and credibility of different information sources
Transmedia Navigation — the ability to follow the flow of stories and information across multiple modalities
Networking — the ability to search for, synthesize, and disseminate information
Negotiation — the ability to travel across diverse communities, discerning and respecting multiple perspectives, and grasping and following alternative norms.
Jenkins concludes that the individual with the means to navigate the enormous variety of cultural choice and does so with a grasp of how to use technology and how it operates within many different frames will be afforded the greatest cultural opportunities. Those without that understanding of how technology works to open doors and to communicate ideas in a global frame will be left to consume the cultural fare of the media and entertainment conglomerates.
By:Hal
Theresa
Fouad